PRINTER'S NO. 3578
No. 2499 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY FLEAGLE, APRIL 8, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 8, 2002
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania College of
2 Optometry, Philadelphia.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The sum of $1,471,000 is hereby appropriated to
6 the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia, for the
7 fiscal year July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, for instruction.
8 Section 2. Payments to the Pennsylvania College of Optometry
9 on account of the appropriation provided in section 1 shall be
10 made quarterly by the Secretary of Education on the basis of
11 costs during the fiscal year and shall be conditioned on
12 continuing authority for inclusion on the Board of Trustees of
13 the Pennsylvania College of Optometry of a minimum of five
14 persons who are not elected officials and who are appointed by
15 the Governor, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the
16 Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
17 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
1 Representatives for terms of office coterminous with that of the
2 respective appointing authority; and shall be further
3 conditioned on these appointees receiving full voting rights as
4 members of the board of trustees.
5 Section 3. The Pennsylvania College of Optometry shall
6 provide full, complete and accurate information as may be
7 required by the Department of Education or the chairman or the
8 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate
9 or the chairman or the minority chairman of the Appropriations
10 Committee of the House of Representatives.
11 Section 4. The Pennsylvania College of Optometry shall
12 report its revenues and expenditures and present its financial
13 statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
14 principles and procedures for educational institutions as set
15 forth in the "Higher Education Finance Manual (1975)" and the
16 "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Budget Instructions for the State
17 System of Higher Education, State-Related Universities and Non-
18 State-Related Colleges and Universities."
19 Section 5. The trustees of the Pennsylvania College of
20 Optometry shall report on forms provided by the Department of
21 Education to both the chairman and minority chairman of the
22 Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and
23 minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
24 of Representatives by September 30, 2003, on how State-
25 appropriated funds were expended for fiscal year 2002-2003 to
26 reduce the costs to Pennsylvania resident students or to provide
27 services to Pennsylvania residents.
28 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002, or
29 immediately, whichever is later.
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